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Huh, that sounds kindof impossible. But I guess we could get a team of the smartest people in our industry together and build an entirely new suite of tools to

Huh, that sounds kindof impossible. But I guess we could get a team of the smartest people in our industry together and build an entirely new suite of tools to make $impossible_thing into $totally_normal_thing... HBase has been around for a while, and is part of the Apache Hadoop project. You don't need Zuckerberg signing your checks to work on cool projects along with really smart people.

blhack 16y ago
I'm also talking about cassandra. Out of curiosity, am I wrong about this? Cassandra was developed by facebook, wasn't it? (I was asking because this was downvoted. I thought maybe I was mistaken about cassandra)
- ahi 16y ago
  Yes, it was.
blntechie 16y ago
But their decision to choose HBase over Cassandra should be commended and to build on top of a new tool or create custom tools frequently, make them really cool. For me, they look cool by just sharing this. Not many big companies do this.
fauigerzigerk 16y ago
Very true, but on the other hand, those who do work on cool projects might want their checks signed by Zuckerberg. (Not me, but that's a different matter.)
- jpeterson 16y ago
  ...those who do work on cool projects might want their checks signed by Zuckerberg. I can't understand why that would matter, and frankly I find the notion very depressing.
  - fauigerzigerk 16y ago
    I don't find it depressing that people want to make a living from the kind of stuff they like to do, even when it's open source. If I work on database technology and some giant company with huge amounts of data wants to use it, that's an interesting challenge. That said, I would very much prefer to get my pay checks signed by someone whose vision I support, or ideally sign them myself. So, personally, I would not work for Facebook.
grinich 16y ago
You don't need Zuckerberg signing your checks to work on cool projects along with really smart people. Being able to deploy to 500MM people has got to be pretty cool, though.

blhack 16y ago

I'm also talking about cassandra. Out of curiosity, am I wrong about this? Cassandra was developed by facebook, wasn't it? (I was asking because this was downvoted. I thought maybe I was mistaken about cassandra)

ahi 16y ago
Yes, it was.

blntechie 16y ago

But their decision to choose HBase over Cassandra should be commended and to build on top of a new tool or create custom tools frequently, make them really cool. For me, they look cool by just sharing this. Not many big companies do this.

fauigerzigerk 16y ago

Very true, but on the other hand, those who do work on cool projects might want their checks signed by Zuckerberg. (Not me, but that's a different matter.)

jpeterson 16y ago
...those who do work on cool projects might want their checks signed by Zuckerberg. I can't understand why that would matter, and frankly I find the notion very depressing.
- fauigerzigerk 16y ago
  I don't find it depressing that people want to make a living from the kind of stuff they like to do, even when it's open source. If I work on database technology and some giant company with huge amounts of data wants to use it, that's an interesting challenge. That said, I would very much prefer to get my pay checks signed by someone whose vision I support, or ideally sign them myself. So, personally, I would not work for Facebook.

grinich 16y ago

You don't need Zuckerberg signing your checks to work on cool projects along with really smart people. Being able to deploy to 500MM people has got to be pretty cool, though.